Ask The Candidates Your Questions
What do you want to know about the candidates’ positions? Here is your chance to participate in the upcoming People’s Debate between former Senator George Allen (R) and former Governor Tim Kaine (D) by submitting your questions here. If your question is selected, it will be asked during the live debate taking place on October 8, 2012.
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well, i have no more to ask because it has been asked by a lot of people here. Actually, i've got the same question as what Adam said "Is it incongruent to oppose the practice of abortion, and support capital punishment, and vice versa?"
Thanks,
Angie
Do you see women as having full agency and the right to make their own healthcare choices? Do you see a need for the separation of church and state when it comes to legislation that relates to a woman's right to make her own choices?
To both candidates: If elected will you repeat the mandatory ultrasound bill, which currently requires a woman seeking an abortion to have a transabdominal ultrasound before having an abortion.
Thank you,
Andrea Koltz
The President says it is "fundamentally sound". If that is the case, why does my annual statement from Social Security make a point of telling me when system will run out of money?
Virginia is investing significantly in space transportation infrastructure on the Eastern Shore, in a bipartisan manner. Florida, nonetheless, is accessing over $1-billion from the federal government to upgrade its commercial space launch capability to serve commercial carriers to carry astronauts by mid-decade.
Will either, or both, of you offer support to Virginia engaging in commercial human spaceflight from Virginia, similar to the efforts being undertaken in Florida, California, New Mexico, Texas and Colorado?
Can either canidate explain in layman's terms specifically how to create a single job and then how they would multiply that model to put people back to work?
Dear Candidates,
What policies do each of you intend to enact to address the growing threat to humankind's future, global climate change?
If elected what will you do to return control of Congress to the will of the people and decrease the role of money and corporate lobbying?
What are the specifics of your plan to improve the economy?
Mr. Kaine as Chairman of the DNC just a short while ago, how can/will you separate your allegiance to the Democratic party and be truly representative of all Virginians? Mr. Allen, the same question for you. How do we stop this politically biased partisanship from gridlocking our government?
Today the American public owes more than $1 Trillion in college debt. The Pew Research Center recently reported that 1 in 5 American households owe student loan debt, at an average of $26,682 per household. In recent decades, a college education held the promise of a prosperous, middle-class livelihood. However, with college debt increasing, more and more young professionals, who once invested in the consumer market and drove the economy, are now unable to make the major purchases that drove the economy, like homes and cars, because of their debt payments. What do you propose to not only make the cost of college more affordable for future generations, but ease the debt burden on recent graduates and young professionals who are struggling to pay off their college loans?
To Senator Allen You still have not explained -- and quite frankly I do not think an adequate explanation is possible -- your use of the North African racial epithet "Macaca" in your last campaign. Clearly, you used a racial epithet that had its origins in your own history. The state of Mississippi has had to deal with the legacy of such virulent racists as the late Theodore Bilbo. Given your history, why should Virginia have to deal any further with you and your legacy?
Will you vote for a constitutional amendment to balance the budget? Will you work to reduce the national debt every year you are in office and eliminate the national debt by the completion of your term in office?
I like to know why no one is asking the candidates, if this Obama health plan is so good, then why not involve all the politicians and put them on the same health plan? or is this plan only for the lower class? AND I also want to know why no one asks Obama how he is going to replace the 700+ billions he took from Medicare.
Salvo,
You can go here to get the facts regarding your question - http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/aug/15/mitt-romn...
At the end of this fact checking article is this:
Romney said, "There's only one president that I know of in history that robbed Medicare, $716 billion to pay for a new risky program of his own that we call Obamacare."
The only element of truth here is that the health care law seeks to reduce future Medicare spending, and the tally of those cost reductions over the next 10 years is $716 billion. The money wasn’t "robbed," however, and other presidents have made similar reductions to the Medicare program.
Efforts to balance the federal budget are likely to result in substantial budget cuts that could threaten funding for many programs that help children. Will you fight to preserve funds for children’s programs? Which programs will you fight for, and which are you willing to cut?
Most of the 100,000 children in Virginia who have serious mental health disorders struggle to find the treatment they need, and not getting treatment frequently leads to jail time, dropping out of school, substance abuse, and homelessness. If you are elected, what will you do to help address the untreated mental health needs of children in Virginia?
We know that 85% of a child's brain development happens before age 5, but most of our federal investments in children start much later. If elected, what would you do to ensure that Congress makes investments in prevention and early childhood programs?
Do you think the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that was created by the financial reforms passed by Congress in 2010 is helping "make markets for consumer financial products and services work for Americans — whether they are applying for a mortgage, choosing among credit cards, or using any number of other consumer financial products."? Do you think the authority given to the Bureau by Congress was proper or should their authority be expanded or restricted?
The League of Conservation Voters has rated both Senator Webb and Senator Warner as 100% when it comes to the environment. If elected senator, will you promise to follow their example.
Do you support a constitutional admendment to elect the president by popular vote instead of through the Electoral College?
What measures will be done for people with disabilities. Like reconsidering who is eligible for wafers and other important subjects?
What role, if any, can alternative energy play in the bolstering of Virginia's economy?
Why in Va. when a worker is injured on the job your forces to hire an attorney to get the insurance company to cover your medical cost.Then after the long battles with the company. I being the injured worker.who was earning a good living. Is again forced to settle your case.and out of the settlement the attorney ends up with more money than the injured worker who can no longer work for the rest of their life.The compensation insurance company can set a medical set aside account. Then your on your own to depend on social security disability and Medicare If I was in any other state legal fees would be paid by the comp carriers.i feel when I have worked my entire adult life to better myself and my family now at the age of50 I'm being forced to go on disability and Medicare. Which means I will loose my home my car and. Eventually go on welfare.I do not think this is right.just so the worker compensation insurance company can save money.The laws need to be changed to make the company's do the right thing by the employees of Virginia. Thank you. If I could ask this question in person I would but being a disabled worker in Virginia I cannot afford to attend these forms
Thank you.
Peter Gavis (injured worker)
If your candidate wins the Oval Office, it would be a clear mandate that the public has chosen your party's vision for solving our nation's many problems. If, however, the oposition wins, will you commit to convince your party to accept the public's choice even if the extreme wing of your party refuses?
If elected, will your represent the positions of your political party or will you represent the citizens of the Commonwealth? If the positions are in opposition to each other, are you true to the electorate or the political party?
What steps, if any, should the federal government take to understand the nature of global climate change and to reduce its extent and impact?
How have each of the candidates participated in community or public service for the commonwealth while out of office?
Is it incongruent to oppose the practice of abortion, and support capital punishment, and vice versa?
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